Unrefined Coconut Hair Oil
Coconut oil is a unique product from Central Asia. It has received a wide cosmetic application for skin care, hair, nails. What coconut oil to choose, see the video:
Overview of coconut oil for hair brands Spivak and Parachute. Which oil to choose?
Composition
Unrefined coconut oil is produced by cold pressing the pulp of the walnut fruit. The product has a pleasant aroma and beautiful color. After going through the refining procedure, the substance loses a small amount of useful ingredients, the smell becomes barely perceptible. When choosing the type of oil, it is better to give preference to unrefined due to the greater concentration of minerals and vitamins in it.
Coconut oil is composed of lauric acid (in unrefined substance up to 50% of the total mass), capric and caprylic, oleic, lanolin acids, vitamins A, C, E and minerals. Due to these ingredients, the product has the following special properties for skin and hair:
- Regenerating - restores skin cells;
- Antimicrobial - protection and control of harmful microorganisms;
- Antioxidant - protection of cells from aggressive environmental influences;
- Antifungal;
- Moisturizing and nourishing.
How to choose coconut oil? Need natural unrefined coconut oil for food, hair, body?
Oil is a completely natural product. A solid mass of opaque white color becomes liquid when the temperature is above 25 degrees by heating or grinding between the palms. It is worth noting that the substance is stored for a long time, which makes it even more popular due to its low consumption.
Coconut in cosmetology
- This magic emulsion is used to moisturize very dry skin, filling it with micronutrients. Also, the substance has anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hypoallergenic properties, so it can be used even for sensitive skin.
- The product is actively used as a protective agent against the scorching sun, salt water, wind and other external adverse environmental factors.
- Oil can be used as a makeup remover, lip balm. Widespread scrubs for the face and body with coconut ingredient.
- The tool is suitable for the care of the cuticle, hands will look well-groomed, and nails healthy.
For hair
This product is also used for hair care. It can be used in pure form. It should be noted that it is much easier to wash out of curls compared to, for example, burdock.
With regular use of hair will become more healthy, shiny, moisturized, strong.
Dry tips will fill with much-needed food and will no longer look lifeless.
Coconut oil protects the bulbs from protein loss, respectively, prevents hair loss and prevents the development of dandruff. Curls become more elastic and resilient.
You will learn more about hair care with coconut unrefined oil in the video:
Mode of application
Oil can be used in its pure form, applying directly to the hair. To give them vitality, strengthen, restore, enhance growth, the product is applied directly to the scalp. The solid is heated in a water bath to a liquid state and is rubbed into the skin with massage movements.
It is recommended to cover your shoulders with a cloth, oilcloth or any old T-shirt that you would not mind throwing away before the procedure. The fabric will protect clothing from drops of oil that may accidentally fall on the shoulders.
Head massage with the use of coconut emulsion helps to enhance blood circulation, nourishing the scalp and hair follicles. It should be noted that the owners of greasy hair should use coconut oil with caution to avoid oversaturation of the roots with nutrients, which will make the strands even more fat and devoid of volume.
The oil helps to wash out even resistant paint and henna; this fact should be taken into account when applying the product.
Oil from the roots must be evenly distributed over the entire length of the strands with a comb or comb. To enhance the effect, put on the shower cap and wrap the head with a towel. The product is recommended to leave for 2 hours, for the best effect, time should be increased. After washing the hair with shampoo, preferably without sulphate. This procedure should be repeated once every two weeks. The result is thick, shiny, healthy hair.
It is recommended to use oil directly to the affected areas to nourish and moisturize dry ends. The treated tips should be left to rest for a few hours so that the product is absorbed. Then wash your hair with shampoo. If you regularly nourish the tips of the hair with coconut emulsion, you can achieve an amazing result - the hair will be smooth and shiny, and the tips will look healthy.
As a thermal protection, you can use a few drops of coconut oil, pre-warmed in the palms to a liquid state. It is necessary to apply it on wet hair, and on clean dry just before styling with a hairdryer, curling iron or ironing.
The use of this tool will not only protect your hair from drying out, but also will tame the disobedient strands and make your hair more accurate.
Another way to use a coconut hair product is to add a few drops of a substance to a regular shampoo or hair balm.
Masks
As noted above, coconut oil can be used in conjunction with other essential oils as part of hair masks.
Consider the most popular combinations.
How to make a mask for hair with unrefined coconut oil, you will learn in the video:
For density
In a mixture of coconut and almond oils (1 tablespoon) add one egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of brandy. The resulting composition is applied to the entire surface of the strands and leave for 2 hours. Then the mass must be washed off with regular shampoo. With a weekly use of such a mask, you can see that the hair will become thicker, stronger and healthier.
For growth
To accelerate growth, the following mask is perfect: 2 tablespoons of coconut emulsion, 1 tablespoon of rich sour cream and half of a softened spoon of banana mix and evenly apply to the entire surface of the hair. Leave on for 30-40 minutes, then rinse with water with the addition of shampoo.
Recovery
To add shine, improve their appearance, restore the structure of the rod, you can use a kind of oil cocktail from a mixture of coconut oil and others: olive, burdock, lavender, castor, apricot. The composition should be distributed on the hair and leave for 2 hours. After rinse with warm water and shampoo.
Reviews
The best advertising of any product are reviews of its consumers.
Women and girls at least once tried coconut oil for their curls celebrate its effectiveness in the fight for beautiful hair.
It should be noted that the product works only on initially healthy hair - customers note. The lifeless, whipped ends of the medium envelops the film, which prevents the production of already dehydrated strands of food. For such "dead" hair oil only creates the effect of neat hair.
As a firming, nourishing, antiseptic, moisturizer for normal hair, coconut oil is ideal. Favorable reviews also noted its use as a thermal protective agent.